JP2002358374A - Mediation system, method and program for exchanging literary work data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system that suppresses occurrence of copyright infringement when a literary work is exchanged among users. SOLUTION: A system is equipped with a literary work registration server 3 that is connected to a user terminal 1, which is owned by a user who has specified literary work data 11a, via a network 2. The literary work registration server 3 registers a literary work list 31a obtained from the specified user terminal 1 and publicly opens literary work list 31a to the other user terminals 1. The registration server 3 is connected to a copyright management server 4, which is owned by an organization for managing the copyright and has a copyright management database 41a, via the network 2. The server 3 is equipped with a copyright reference function, which refers the copyright management server 4 whether or not the copyrights for the literary works listed in the registered literary work list 31a are protected, and publicly opens the literary work list to the other user terminals 1 by concealing access data to the literary work data 11a if the result of the reference shows that the registered literary works are protected, by the copyright.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for mediating copyrighted work data and a program for mediating copyrighted work data, and more particularly, to a system and method for mediating copyrighted work data exchange performed on a network and a copyrighted work. It relates to a product data exchange mediation program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a free music exchange service has been provided on the Internet. This service has the following configuration, and enables exchange of music data between users.

[0005] A system for exchanging music data in a conventional example includes a server on a network owned by a company that operates the system. This server has opened a Web site accessible from a plurality of user terminals. Then, the predetermined user registers a list of music pieces owned by the user on the Web site. The music list to be registered is a list of music that a predetermined user wants to exchange with another user for free. At this time, the user who registers the list registers a song title, an artist name, a genre, a source address of the music data, and the like.

[0004] Then, another user who wants to acquire certain music data accesses this Web site and searches for the desired music. When finding that the desired music is registered by a predetermined user, the other users access the address of the music data listed in the list or access the user providing the music data. Access is performed based on the address. For example, it is a URL to an area where music data is stored, or a mail address of a data owner. Then, another user can acquire the music data by downloading the music data from a predetermined area or by having the data owner transmit the music data.

[0005]

However, the prior art described above has the following disadvantages. That is, if the music to be exchanged has a copyright, the other user described above obtains the music without any permission without permission, which causes a problem that copyright infringement occurs.

[0006]

The object of the present invention is to improve the disadvantages of the prior art described above, and in particular, to a system and method for mediating copyrighted work data exchange capable of suppressing the occurrence of copyright infringement during copyrighted work exchange between users. Its purpose is to provide the program.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a copyrighted work registration server connected via a network to a user terminal of a user having predetermined copyrighted work data,
The copyrighted work registration server registers a copyrighted work list of copyrighted work data from a predetermined user terminal, and publishes the copyrighted work list to another user terminal that requests browsing of the copyrighted work list. And a copyright management server having a copyright management database owned by an organization that manages the copyright of a given copyright via a network. And a copyright inquiring function for inquiring the copyright management server of the copyrighted work in the registered copyrighted work list. The registered copyrighted work has a copyright. In such a case, the access data to the copyrighted work data is hidden to other user terminals and the copyrighted work list is disclosed (claim 1).

[0008] Then, when the copyright registration server pays a copyright fee of a predetermined copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list to another copyright management organization and receives a notice of the payment from the other organization, the copyrighted work registration server receives the notice. It is desirable to have a copyrighted work access data notification function for notifying the user terminal of the user of the copyrighted work for the access data to the copyrighted work data of the copyrighted work (claim 2).

[0009] Further, the copyrighted work registration server includes a copyrighted work management server having a copyright management database owned by an organization that manages the copyright of a predetermined copyrighted work and connected to the copyrighted work registration server via a network. Has a copyright search function for searching for the presence or absence of copyright of a predetermined work in response to a request from the work registration server, and a search result transmission function for transmitting search results to the work registration server. The registration server has a copyright inquiry request function for requesting the copyright management server to check whether or not the copyrighted work in the registered copyrighted work list has a copyright. When the inquiry result is received from the copyrighted work management server, the access data to the copyrighted work data may be disclosed to another user terminal in a hidden manner (claim 3).

[0010] Then, when the copyright management fee for the predetermined copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list is paid to the copyright management organization by another user, the copyrighted work management server determines from the information on the other user and the copyrighted work. A copyright information payment function for transmitting copyright fee payment information to the copyrighted work registration server, and when the copyrighted work registration server receives the copyright fee payment information from the copyrighted work management server, based on the information, A copyrighted work access data notifying function for notifying the user of the access data to predetermined copyrighted work data may be provided (claim 4).

With this configuration, when a user terminal having copyright data registers a work list in the work registration server, the work list is registered in the work registration server. The copyright management of the included work is checked with the copyright management server. Then, when it is confirmed that the copyright exists, the copyright registration server masks the access data to the copyrighted data, that is, stores the copyrighted work list so as not to be known to other users. Publish. Therefore, illegally exchanging a copyrighted work is suppressed.

When a user wants to obtain a work in which access data to the work data is masked, a copyright fee is paid to a copyright management organization. Then, information on the user who paid the copyright fee and information on the work are transmitted from the work management server to the work registration server. Based on this information, access data to the copyrighted work data is disclosed to the user who paid the copyright fee from the copyrighted work registration server, and the user accesses a predetermined place using his own terminal and Data can be obtained. Therefore, only the user who has paid the copyright fee can acquire the copyrighted work, and accordingly, the copyrighted data is exchanged legally, and the occurrence of copyright infringement is suppressed.

A copyrighted work registration server stores copyrighted work-related information related to a predetermined copyrighted work, and stores a copyrighted work search information which is a part of information on the predetermined copyrighted work from a user terminal of a user. A copyright search function for searching for a predetermined copyrighted work from the copyrighted work search information and copyrighted work related information transmitted to the copyrighted work registration server and transmitting a copyrighted work list corresponding to the copyrighted work to the user terminal; Good (claim 5).

Thus, even if the user does not know the name or the like of the copyrighted work that he / she wants to obtain, the feature is transmitted to the copyrighted work registration server so that the registered server can retrieve the feature. Thus, the user can know the intended work. Therefore, since the convenience of the user is improved, the number of accesses to the site established by the copyrighted work registration server increases, and the site can be activated.

[0015] The copyright search function of the copyrighted work management server may search for similar data. Thereby, even if the user who registers the copyrighted work list registers with a name similar to the corresponding copyrighted work so as to escape from the copyright registration check by the copyright registration server or the copyright management server, The presence or absence of a copyright can be effectively detected, and copyright infringement can be suppressed.

Further, the copyrighted work management server may be provided with a payment receiving function for receiving payment of the copyright fee electronically from the user terminal. Thereby, the payment of the copyright fee from the user is promptly performed, so that the user can quickly acquire the target copyrighted work.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a copyrighted work registration server and a copyrighted work management server connected via a network to a user terminal of a user possessing prescribed copyrighted work data, and the copyrighted work registration server is provided with a predetermined user data. A work list registration step of registering a work list of the work data transmitted from the terminal, and a work list publication of opening the work list to another user terminal requesting viewing of the registered work list A work data exchange mediation method for mediating the exchange of work data between users based on the published information, comprising: a work registration server; Inquires about the presence or absence of copyright of a work in a work list registered in a work management server having a copyright management database owned by a predetermined organization that manages copyright. A copyright inquiring step is provided. In the copyrighted work releasing step, when an inquiry result indicating that the copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list has copyright is received from the copyrighted work management server, another user terminal transmits the copyrighted work data to the other user terminal. The invention also provides a method for mediating the exchange of copyrighted work data, which is characterized by exposing access data to the public.

Further, the system includes a work registration server connected via a network to a user terminal of a user possessing the predetermined work data, and the work registration server is provided with a work data transmitted from the predetermined user terminal. A copyrighted work list registration process for registering a copyrighted work list, and a copyrighted work management server that is connected via a network and has a copyright management database owned by a predetermined organization that manages copyrights,
Copyright inquiry processing for inquiring whether or not the copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list registered in the copyrighted work registration server has been received, and when the inquiry result indicating that the copyrighted work is copyrighted is received from the copyrighted work management server. A work list publishing process of publishing the work list by exposing the access data to the work data of the work to another user terminal requesting viewing of the work list;
Control the operation of the copyrighted work registration server to execute
Thus, a program for mediating work data exchange that mediates exchange of copyrighted data between users, or a storage medium that stores the program is also provided. Even in this case, the above-described operation is performed, and the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <First Embodiment> A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on the user terminal when the user registers the copyrighted work data possessed by the user in the copyrighted work registration server. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on a user terminal of a user who has requested browsing of a copyrighted work list registered in the copyrighted work registration server. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a copyrighted work list screen displayed on the user terminal after the user who has requested the acquisition of copyrighted work data pays a copyright fee. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the user terminal of a user who requests acquisition of a work registered in the work registration server. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

(Overall Configuration) A copyrighted work data exchange mediation system shown in FIG. 1 includes a copyrighted work registration server 3 connected to a user terminal 1 of a user having predetermined copyrighted work data 11a via a network 2, a copyrighted work registration server 3, and a copyrighted work registration server 3. An object management server 4 is provided.

The present invention provides a copyrighted work registration server 3
Registers the copyrighted work list 31a of the copyrighted work data 11a from a predetermined user terminal 1, and sends the copyrighted work list 31a to another user terminal 1 that requests browsing of the copyrighted work list 31a.
Is a system that mediates the exchange of copyrighted works between users by exposing. That is, the system has predetermined copyrighted work data 11a and provides a place for information exchange between users who desire to exchange the copyrighted work data 11a. The copyrighted data is exchanged between the users. Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail. In the following description, the exchanged work is music.

(User Terminal) The user terminal 1 includes an arithmetic unit (not shown) having a predetermined information processing capability, such as a personal computer owned by a general user, and a storage device 11 having a predetermined storage capacity. Terminal. Also,
The user terminal 1 has communication means such as a modem and a terminal adapter (not shown), and a communication function.
And the copyrighted work management server 4. The user terminal 1 has a function of browsing a Web site such as a browser, and can access a copyrighted material exchange site established by the copyrighted material registration server 3 as described later. Then, via the browser, the copyrighted work registration server 3
2 to 4 transmitted from the user terminal 1 can be displayed on the user terminal 1, and details will be described later.

Here, a user terminal 1 of a predetermined user who has predetermined music data and wants to provide the music data to another user, and another user who wants to obtain the music data. And the user terminal 1 will be described separately. However, actually, one user terminal 1 plays a role of both terminals, and the two terminals are not necessarily terminals of different users. That is, one user terminal 1 handled by one user may fulfill both functions. Accordingly, one user provides music data and obtains music data from another user. Here, the music data will be described separately for convenience.

First, digital data 11a of music as a literary work is stored in the storage device 11 of the user terminal 1 owned by a predetermined user. This music data 11a
Is data that the user who is the owner of the user terminal 1 has purchased legally, that is, data for which payment of the copyright fee for the music data 11a has been completed.

If the user wishes to exchange the music data 11a possessed by the user with another music data possessed by another user, the copyrighted work registration server 3
, And registers (inputs) a list including music titles and the like of the music data in the registration server 3. FIG. 2 shows the screen at that time. As shown in this figure, for example, the music title, artist name, own mail address,
Enter the genre of the song. Here, when the music data 11a is stored in a location accessible from the outside, the address (for example, URL) may be input in the column for inputting the address.

Based on these information, when there is an access to obtain music data from another user, for example, when an inquiry is made by e-mail, the music data 11a is transmitted to the other user. Send

On the other hand, a user who wishes to obtain the predetermined music data 11a accesses a site established by the work registration server 3 and requests a registered music list 31a (work list). Then, a list as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the user terminal 1. However, at this time, the access destination (the URL where the music data is stored or the mail address of the user who owns the music data) of the music data whose copyright is managed by the copyright management organization is:
It is not displayed. Therefore, since the data for which access data is displayed is music data whose copyright is not managed, other users can access the address and freely acquire music data.

If another user wishes to obtain music data whose copyright is managed, the user checks the name of the target music on his / her own terminal 1 and sends the information specifying the music. Send. This operation is performed according to the screen displayed on the browser.

Then, there is a request for payment of the copyright fee from the copyrighted work registration server 3, and the user of the other user terminal 1 receiving this request pays the copyright fee to the copyrighted work management organization. At this time, since the user terminal 1 is provided with a function of performing an electronic payment, the user can use the terminal 1 and perform the payment processing to the copyrighted work management server 4 via the network 2. The settlement method includes, for example, card settlement (including a debit card) by transmitting a credit card number, and electronic money settlement by transmitting digital data (electronic money) having a monetary value. However, the user may settle the account with the copyright management organization by debiting the account or paying the money directly. The payment of the copyright fee may be voluntarily performed by the user.

Then, as will be described later, the copyright registration server 3 that knows the user who has paid the copyright fee from the copyright management organization (the copyright management server 4) and the target copyrighted work.
Transmits to the user terminal 1 access data to a predetermined copyrighted work that has been masked so far, and the user terminal 1 acquires this address. Thereafter, as described above, the music data 11a transmitted by inquiring by e-mail is received, or the area in which the music data 11a is stored is accessed to access the music data 11a.
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(Network) The network 2 uses a dedicated line, a telephone line, a CATV cable, or the like.
This is the Internet that performs communication using a communication protocol such as the CP / IP protocol. However, an intranet that operates only within a specific company or a specific network that communicates using a protocol other than TCP / IP may be used.

(Work Registration Server) Work Registration Server 3
Is a computer owned by a company that mediates the exchange of copyrighted works. The copyrighted work registration server 3 is a computer having predetermined communication means and a communication function, and is connected to the network 2. The server 3 is, for example, a server computer including a control device (not shown) having a predetermined processing capability and a storage device 31 having a predetermined storage capacity. The server 3 has established a music data exchange mediation site that can be accessed from other computers on the network 2 at all times. That is, it has a function of opening a Web site.

In the storage device 31 of the copyright registration server 3,
Music list 31a registered from a plurality of user terminals 1
(Work list). The data in this list forms, for example, a record for each song name, and one record contains the registration date and time of the song name, the artist name, the genre, and the access data to the area where the song data is stored. (URL, mail address of data holder, etc.).

The control device (not shown) of the copyright registration server 3 has not only the functions provided in the music data exchange mediation system existing conventionally, but also the registered work list 31a. A copyright inquiry request function for requesting the copyright management server 4 to inquire whether or not the copyrighted work exists in the copyrighted work, and an inquiry result indicating that the registered copyrighted work has a copyright is received from the copyright management server 4. In such a case, there is provided a function of concealing the access data to the copyrighted work data 11a to other user terminals and disclosing it. Then, when copyright fee payment information is received from the copyrighted work management server 4, predetermined copyrighted work data 1 is given to another user based on the information.
There is also provided a copyrighted work access data notification function for notifying the access data to 1a.

The functions provided by the conventional system include the function of receiving the registration of the list of the music data 11a from the user terminal 1 desiring to exchange the music data 11a and storing it in its own storage device 31, The function is to search whether music data designated by another user terminal 1 is registered in the music list 31a and transmit a hit list to the other user terminal 1.

The copyright inquiry request function is provided by the user terminal 1
A request is made to the copyright management server 4 owned by the copyright management organization for an inquiry as to whether the music registered by the copyright management organization is managed by the copyright management organization. Therefore, the copyrighted work registration server 3
For example, when one piece of music is registered, information such as the name of the music and the name of the artist are stored in the copyright management server 4.
Send to Then, as described later, the copyright management of the music is searched by the copyright management server 4 based on the information, and the search result transmitted from the copyright management server 4 is referred to as a copyright registration server. 3 receives.
The received copyright information is stored in a music list corresponding to the music title.

The function of publishing the access data to the music data 11a on the user terminal 1 in a hidden manner is performed by the above-described search of the copyright management server 4 for the presence or absence of the copyright. Is the user terminal 1
Do not publish even if accessed by. That is, access data for all songs is not disclosed. Thereby, the exchange of the music data 11a ignoring the copyright can be suppressed, so that the occurrence of copyright infringement can be suppressed.

The copyrighted work access data notification function transmits the access data of the music data 11a to the user terminal 1 when the user pays the copyright fee to the copyright management organization. Specifically, as described later, when the user pays a copyright fee, information on the user who made the payment and information on the copyrighted work are transmitted from the copyrighted work management server 4 to the copyrighted work registration server 3. You. Then, the copyright registration server 3 receiving this information transmits the access data to the user. For example, if the user terminal 1 is the copyrighted work registration server 3
May be transmitted so as to be displayed on the browser of the user terminal 1 when the user terminal 1 is accessed.
May be sent by e-mail. As a result, for music whose copyright is managed, only the music for which the copyright fee has been paid is exchanged between users.

(Work Management Server) Work Management Server 4
Is a server computer owned by a copyright management organization entrusted with the management of the copyright of the work by the creator of the work or the like. This computer has a control device (not shown)
And a storage device 41. It also has a communication means and a communication function, and can be connected to the copyrighted work registration server 3 via the network 2. Here, the copyright management organization is, for example, J that mainly manages copyrights related to music.
ASRAC (Japan Music Copyright Association).

The storage device 41 of the copyrighted work management server 4 has
A copyright management database 41a including information on copyrights managed by the management organization is stored. The information on the copyright stored in the database 41a includes a song name, an artist name, and the like.

The control device (not shown) of the copyrighted work management server 4 has a copyright search function for searching for the presence or absence of a copyright of a predetermined copyrighted work in response to a request from the copyrighted work registration server 3. A search result transmission function for transmitting the search result to the copyrighted work registration server 3 is provided.

As described above, in the copyright search function, information such as the music title of music registered in the copyright registration server 3 is transmitted from the user terminal 1 to the copyright management server 4, and the received music title and the like are transmitted. Is searched for whether the copyright of the music is managed by matching with the copyright management database 41a. This makes it possible to detect whether or not the copyright of the music to be exchanged by the user is managed.

The search result transmitting function transmits, to the copyrighted work registration server 3, the presence or absence of copyright of a predetermined music piece, which is the search result obtained by the copyright search function. Then, as described above, the copyrighted work registration server 3 receiving the result masks the access data of the corresponding music piece according to the presence or absence of the copyright, or discloses the access data to other users without masking.

(Operation) Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG.
Shows the operation of another user terminal 1 that wants to obtain the music registered in the copyrighted work registration server 3.

First, a predetermined user terminal 1 having predetermined music data 11a accesses a music data exchange site established by the copyrighted work registration server 3 via the Internet 2 (step S11 in FIG. 6). In response to this, the copyrighted work registration server 3 transmits an input form for registering a music title as shown in FIG. 2 to a predetermined user terminal 1 (step S12 in FIG. 6). Then, the transmitted input form is displayed on the display of the predetermined user terminal 1.

Subsequently, the user of the predetermined user terminal 1 inputs predetermined data such as a music title in the input form and transmits the data to the copyrighted work registration server 3.
The work registration server 3 receives the data input by the predetermined user, creates a database for forming one record for one music piece, and creates a work list 31a.
Is stored in the storage device 31 (step S1 in FIG. 6).
4). At this time, the copyrighted work registration server 3 makes an inquiry request to the copyrighted work management server 4 as to whether or not the music registered at the predetermined user terminal 1 has a copyright (step S in FIG. 6).
15). For example, data such as a song name and an artist name and data indicating an inquiry request are transmitted.

Subsequently, the copyrighted work registration server 4 searches the registered copyright management database 41a based on the transmitted data, and checks whether or not the copyrighted work of the inquiry requested is present. I do. For example, a search is made as to whether the song name and the artist name match the data in the database, and if the matching data exists in the database, it is determined that the copyrighted work is copyrighted. And
The copyrighted work management server 4 stores the inquiry result in the copyrighted work registration server 3
(Step S16 in FIG. 6).

Subsequently, the copyright registration server 3 which has received the result of the inquiry about the presence or absence of the copyright, registers the registered music list 31a.
Is disclosed to the music data exchange site established by the registration server 3. At this time, predetermined data is disclosed based on the inquiry result (step S1 in FIG. 6).
7). That is, for music having copyright, address data (access data) necessary for obtaining the music data 11a is hidden and disclosed.

Next, it is assumed that another user who wishes to obtain the predetermined music data 11a accesses the music data exchange site, which is the copyrighted work registration server 3, via the other user terminal 1 (FIG. 5). Step S1 and Step S18 in FIG. 6). At this time, when there is a request for the music list 31a registered at the same time as the access from the other user terminal 1, a part of the data of the music list 31a stored in the server 3 is stored from the copyrighted work registration server 3. Is transmitted to another user terminal 1 (step S19 in FIG. 6). When another user transmits and requests a predetermined condition, for example, when the artist name is transmitted to the copyrighted work registration server 3 and the music list 31a is requested, data matching the condition is transmitted. Is transmitted from the copyrighted work registration server 3 to the other user terminals 1. Therefore, the control device (not shown) of the copyrighted work registration server 3 has a function of receiving a conditional music list 31a request from the user terminal 1, and extracts data corresponding to the received condition and transmits the data to the user terminal 31a. Function is provided.

As described above, the data of the music list 31a transmitted (disclosed) from the copyrighted work registration server 3 to the other user terminals 1 includes access data to the music data 11a for copyrighted data. Is transmitted to another user terminal 1 without being disclosed (see FIG. 3). On the other hand, with respect to music data not managed by a copyright management organization such as the above-mentioned JASRAC, access data such as a URL in which the music data 11a is stored and an e-mail address to a user having the music data 11a are provided. Will also be released. As a result, a copyrighted work effectively generated is suppressed from being copied without permission of the copyright holder.

Subsequently, the music list 31a transmitted from the copyrighted work registration server 3 is received by another user terminal 1 (step S2 in FIG. 5), and the list 31a is displayed on the display of the user terminal 1 in FIG. Is displayed as follows. In response to this display, the user of the other user terminal 1 examines the music data 11a desired to be obtained, and checks whether there is data in the address column of the desired music (step S in FIG. 5).
3). At this time, if the data is displayed in the address column (except when the data content cannot be identified even if it is displayed), the music data 11a acquisition process is performed based on the address (access data) as described later. (Step S6 in FIG. 5). On the other hand, when there is no display in the address column or when the display is masked, the desired music is selected from the list 31a. This selection is made, for example, by checking a check box in the left column of FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, four songs have been selected. Thereafter, when the other user clicks the transmission button at the lower center, information indicating that the other user desires to obtain a predetermined music is transmitted from the other user terminal 1 to the copyrighted work registration server 3. (Step S20 in FIG. 6).

Subsequently, the copyrighted work registration server 3 which has received the music acquisition request from the other user terminal 1 recognizes that the copyright of these music has been generated effectively, so that the other user Is transmitted to another user terminal 1 to pay a copyright fee to the other user terminal 1 (step S21 in FIG. 6). This instruction instructs another user to pay a predetermined copyright fee to the copyright management organization.

Subsequently, the user of the other user terminal 1 receiving this executes the settlement processing of the copyright fee by the electronic money in the copyright management server 4 using his / her own terminal 1 (step in FIG. 5). S4, step S22 in FIG. 6). However, this settlement (payment of various royalty fees by other users) is not limited to the case where there is a payment instruction from the copyrighted work registration server 3. Other users may voluntarily go there. Therefore, when the access data to the music data 11a desired to be obtained is not displayed at the time when the music list 31a is transmitted (step S3 in FIG. 5), the other user requests a music acquisition (step S20 in FIG. 6). ) May be executed (step S4 in FIG. 5). Note that the settlement method is not limited to using the user terminal 1, and may be performed by cash transfer or the like.

Next, the copyright management server 4 that has received the copyright fee notifies the copyright registration server 3 that the copyright fee has been paid (step S23 in FIG. 6). Specifically, it is information indicating which user paid a copyright fee for what copyrighted work. Therefore, the copyrighted work management server 4 is provided with the function of notifying as described above.
Then, based on the received payment information, the copyrighted work registration server 3 transmits the address data for the predetermined music data 11a to the user terminal 1 of another user who has made the payment (step S24 in FIG. 6). At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the copyrighted work registration server 3 adds address data to a music list 31a that is open to other user terminals 1 through a site and transmits the music list 31a. However, the method of transmitting the address data is not limited to this, and the address data may be transmitted to another user terminal 1 by e-mail.

Subsequently, the other user terminal 1 receives the address data (step S5 in FIG. 5). Then, based on the address data, another user accesses a predetermined user providing the music data 11a (step S6 in FIG. 5). At this time, if the address data is a mail address, the other user sends a mail to a predetermined user, and if the address data is a URL, the computer (area) indicated by the URL
To access. Note that access by FTP may be used.

Subsequently, when another user accesses a predetermined user by e-mail, the other user makes a transmission request for the desired music data 11a (step S in FIG. 6).
25). Then, in response to this, the predetermined user transmits the music data 11a owned by the user to the user terminal 1 of another user, for example, by attaching it to an e-mail (step S26 in FIG. 6). Also, when another user enters the music data 11a
Is accessed, the other user downloads the music data 11a using his / her own terminal 1 (step S7 in FIG. 5). In this way, another user can obtain desired music data 11a.

In this way, even for music data for which copyright has been effectively generated, access data to the music data is only available to the user who paid when the copyright fee was paid. Since the music data is published and the user can acquire the music data, the user who does not pay the copyright fee is suppressed from acquiring the music data,
It is possible to suppress the occurrence of copyright infringement.

Here, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the copyrighted work management server 4 searches for the presence or absence of the copyright of a predetermined copyrighted work has been described, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. The copyright management database 41a is stored in the copyrighted work management server 4. However, even if the copyrighted work registration server 3 accesses this database from the outside and executes a search for the presence or absence of the copyright, the copyright registration server 3 performs the search. Good.

The copyright management server 4 does not have to transmit to the copyright registration server 3 when another user has paid the copyright fee. Information indicating that payment has been made from another user terminal 1 is transmitted to the copyrighted work registration server 3,
The copyrighted work registration server 3 may refer to the copyrighted work management server 4 to confirm whether the payment of the copyright fee is true or false based on this information. That is, the copyright management server 4 may be configured to store copyright fee payment information and make this information public.

The functions of the user terminal 1, the work registration server 3, and the work management server 4 are executed by the control devices (CPUs) of the computers 1, 3, and 4 by executing the programs for the functions. This can be realized by performing This program is stored in a portable medium such as a CD-ROM or a fixed medium such as a hard disk.
The data is read from the medium or downloaded from another computer on the network 2 and is incorporated in each of the computers 1, 3, and 4.

The program used for mediating the copyrighted work data exchange is, in particular,
List registration processing for registering the music list 31a of the music data 11a transmitted from the company, and copyright management having a copyright management database 41a owned by a predetermined organization that is connected via the network 2 and manages copyright. Music list 31 registered in copyrighted work registration server 3 in server 4
a, the copyright inquiring process for inquiring whether or not the copyrighted work is in the copyrighted work, and when receiving the inquiry result indicating that the copyrighted work is in copyright from the copyrighted work management server 3, the music data 11 of the copyrighted work.
control the operation of the copyrighted work registration server 3 to execute a copyrighted work list publishing process of exposing the music list 31a by exposing the access data to the other user terminal 1 that requests browsing of the music list 31a. It is a program.

<Second Embodiment> Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described.

(Structure) The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment described above.
It has substantially the same components as those of the embodiment. In the second embodiment, the storage device 31 of the work registration server 3 further stores work-related information related to a predetermined work, and the control device (not shown) stores the work-related information. Search for a predetermined work from the work search information and the work-related information transmitted from the user terminal 1 of the user having the work search information that is a part of the information on the predetermined work to the work registration server 3 Then, a work search transmission function for transmitting the work list 31a corresponding to the work to the user terminal 1 is provided.

The literary work-related information stored in the storage device 31 is, for example, melody lines of predetermined music or lyrics data. That is, it is the data of the part representing the characteristic of the work. As for the copyrighted work-related information, only the copyrighted work is stored in the copyrighted work registration server 3. Here, the predetermined copyrighted work is, for example, music used for a commercial currently aired on television or radio, or music ranked in a hit chart. Accordingly, the work-related information includes the broadcast date and time of the commercial in which the work is used, the maker, the product name, and the like.

The work search and transmission function provided in the control device is adapted to match the work search information transmitted from the user terminal 1 with the work related information stored in the work registration server 3. Is performed to find out which work the work search information represents, and the result is transmitted to the user terminal 1. This function will be described in more detail.

The copyrighted work search information is, for example, data obtained by converting a melody line of music heard by a user through a television commercial. Specifically, the melody hummed by the user is captured by a computer through a microphone and W
Data converted into a data format such as an AV file.
Then, the copyrighted work search information may include text data indicating the date and time when the user viewed the commercial, the product name of the commercial, and the like. Then, the user transmits the copyrighted work search information by inputting predetermined information based on an input format displayed when the user accesses the copyrighted work registration server 3, and the copyrighted work registration server 3 transmits the copyrighted work search information. Receive information.

The work registration server 3 searches for a work that matches the work search information received. The processing procedure will be described. First, the registration server 3
Of the commercial (product-related information) stored therein and the commercial product name, the broadcast date and time, etc., and narrow down the corresponding music. Subsequently, a melody in an audio file such as a WAV file transmitted from the user terminal 1 is matched with a melody stored in the copyrighted work registration server 3 in advance. Then, a music piece that is highly likely to match the predetermined copyrighted work is determined to be a music piece that the user is searching for. After that, the result (song name) is transmitted to the user terminal 1. Then, as described in the first embodiment, the user performs a process of obtaining the music data 11a based on the music name.

Here, the work search transmission function can be realized by the control device (CPU) of the work registration server 3 executing the function program. This program is stored in various media such as a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, and is read from the medium or downloaded from another computer on the network 2 and is stored in the copyright registration server 3. It is designed to be incorporated into the control device.

(Operation) Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. First, when a predetermined user who hears an unknown song on a street corner wants to obtain the song but does not know the song name or the artist name of the song, the one-phrase melody stored in his computer through a microphone is used. And enter the lyrics. This input voice is converted into a voice file by predetermined software installed in the computer.

Subsequently, the user accesses the copyright registration server 3 via the user terminal 1 and transmits the audio file to the server 3. At this time, the date and time when the music was played on the street corner is also input to the user terminal 1 and transmitted to the copyright registration server 3.

The copyright registration server 3 performs matching (such as pattern recognition of audio data) on the received date and time data on which the audio file or music was played and the copyrighted work-related information owned by the user, and the user transmits it. Search for the title of the song that was played. Then, the search result is transmitted to the user terminal 1. Thereafter, when the user desires to obtain the music, the obtaining process is performed as described above.

In this way, even if the user does not know the title of a favorite song, the feature data is transmitted to the copyrighted work registration server 3 so that
The server 3 searches for the title of the song, and this allows the user to execute the process of obtaining the song, thereby improving user convenience and increasing the number of users and the frequency of use of the system. Thus, it is possible to increase profits due to advertising revenues of a company that operates the system.

<Third Embodiment> A third embodiment will be described below. The third embodiment has substantially the same components as the first embodiment described above. In the third embodiment, the copyright search function of the copyrighted work management server 4 has a function of searching for similar data.

That is, the copyright search function is used when the title of a music piece requested to be searched by the copyright registration server 3 is similar to the data in the copyright management database 41a stored in the copyright management server 4. Even search to hit. Therefore, even if the music list 31a is registered by a predetermined user and the artist name registered in the list 31a is different from the famous artist name by one character, it is determined that the copyright is effectively generated. . Here, the case where the similarity is determined is not limited to the case where one character is different.

As a result, even if the user intentionally changes the artist name or song name and registers it in order to escape the copyright check, it may be determined that the user has the copyright. . Alternatively, the same applies to the case where erroneous input or conversion error data is registered. Therefore, since songs that are similar to the registered data are searched, it is possible to prevent a copyright check from being avoided by being registered under a similar name, thereby suppressing the occurrence of copyright infringement. Can be planned.

Here, the above function is performed by the copyrighted work registration server 3.
May have. That is, the work registration server 3 may perform the search using the copyright management database 41a of the work management server 4.

When the copyright search function finds data similar to the registered music list 31a in the copyright management database 41a, the copyright search function is similar to the user terminal 1 in which the music list 31a is registered. An e-mail may be sent to confirm whether the data is what the user actually tried to register. Then, the user re-registers correct data with respect to this mail, so that the reliability of data handled by this system can be improved.

<Fourth Embodiment> Hereinafter, a fourth embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment, the work is text data. In other words, the electronic book is exchanged between users, and the system mediates the exchange.

When the copyright of a predetermined writing is managed by any one of the organizations, the user pays a copyright fee to the organization, and the text data (electronic Book) can be obtained. The acquisition method and the payment information of the copyright fee are the same as described above.

Note that the literary work is not limited to the sentence data in the present embodiment or the music data described above. It may be image data such as picture data or moving image data.

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The present invention is constructed and functions as described above. According to this, when a list of copyrighted works to be exchanged between users is registered at a predetermined site on the Internet, the list can be changed. The copyrighted work is detected as copyrighted,
If the copyright is valid, the access data to the copyrighted work data is hidden and published, so that a user who wants to obtain the copyrighted work data can access the copyrighted work data. In addition, there is an unprecedented excellent effect that illegal exchange of copyrighted work data ignoring copyright is suppressed, and occurrence of copyright infringement can be suppressed.

Further, when the user pays the copyright fee to the copyright management organization, access data to the copyrighted work data is disclosed to the user, so that the user can exchange the copyrighted work legally. it can. In such a case, since the user can obtain the copyrighted work data by paying only the copyright fee, the user can obtain the copyrighted work at a lower cost than the copyrighted work data stored in a predetermined medium such as a CD. Data is available.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a user terminal when a user registers copyrighted work data possessed by the user in a copyrighted work registration server.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a user terminal of a user who has requested browsing of a work list registered in a work registration server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen of a copyrighted work list displayed on a user terminal after a user who has requested acquisition of copyrighted work data pays a copyright fee.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a user terminal of a user who requests acquisition of a work registered in the work registration server.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 User terminal 2 Network 3 Work registration server 4 Work management server 11 User terminal storage device 31 Work registration server storage device 41 Work management server storage device 11a Work data (music data) 31a Work list ( Music list) 41a Copyright management database

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A work registration server connected to a user terminal of a user having predetermined work data via a network, wherein the work registration server is configured to store the work data from the predetermined user terminal. A system for mediating the exchange of copyrighted works between users by registering the copyrighted work list and publishing the copyrighted work list to other user terminals that request browsing of the copyrighted work list. The copyrighted work registration server is connected to a copyright management server having a copyrighted work management database possessed by an organization that manages copyrights of a prescribed copyrighted work via the network, and A copyright inquiring function for inquiring of the copyrighted work of the copyrighted work in the copyrighted material management server to the copyrighted work management server. Copyrighted data exchange mediation system, characterized in that the face down access data to copyrighted data to the other user terminals to publish the work list if was Cormorants results. 2. The copyright registration server receives a notice of the payment from the copyright management organization when the copyright charge of the predetermined work in the copyright list is paid by the other user to the copyright management organization. 2. A copyrighted work access data notifying function for notifying a user terminal of the other user of access data to copyrighted work data of the copyrighted work for which the copyright fee has been paid. Copyrighted data exchange mediation system. 3. A work registration server connected to a user terminal of a user having predetermined work data via a network, wherein the work registration server is configured to store the work data from the predetermined user terminal. A system for mediating the exchange of copyrighted works between users by registering the copyrighted work list and publishing the copyrighted work list to other user terminals that request browsing of the copyrighted work list. A copyright management server having a copyright management database owned by an organization that manages copyright of a predetermined copyrighted work and connected to the copyright registration server via the network, wherein the copyright management server is A copyright search function for searching for the presence or absence of a copyright of a predetermined copyrighted work in response to a request from the copyrighted work registration server; and transmitting a search result to the copyrighted work registration server. A search result transmission function, wherein the copyrighted work registration server has a copyright inquiry request function of requesting the copyrighted work management server to inquire whether or not the copyrighted work in the registered copyrighted work list exists. Receiving, from the copyright management server, an inquiry result indicating that the registered copyrighted work has copyright, concealing the access data to the copyrighted data to the other user terminal and publishing it. Copyright data exchange mediation system. 4. The copyrighted work management server communicates with the other user when the copyright fee of a prescribed work in the copyrighted work list is paid to the copyright management organization by the other user. A copyright information transmission function of transmitting copyright fee payment information including information on a product to the copyright registration server, and the copyright registration server receiving the copyright fee payment information from the copyright management server; 4. The copyrighted work data exchange mediation system according to claim 3, further comprising a copyrighted work access data notification function for notifying the other user of access data to the predetermined copyrighted work data based on the information. 5. The copyrighted work registration server stores copyrighted work-related information related to a predetermined copyrighted work, and receives a copyrighted work search information that is a part of information about the predetermined copyrighted work from a user terminal of the user. A work search transmission for searching for a predetermined work from the work search information and the work related information transmitted to the work registration server and transmitting a work list corresponding to the work to the user terminal. 5. The copyrighted work data exchange mediation system according to claim 3, further comprising a function. 6. The copyrighted work data exchange mediation system according to claim 3, wherein the copyrighted search function of the copyrighted work management server searches for similar data. 7. The work management server according to claim 3, further comprising a payment receiving function for receiving a payment of a copyright fee electronically from said user terminal.
The described copyrighted work data exchange mediation system. 8. A work registration server and a work management server connected via a network to a user terminal of a user having predetermined work data, wherein the work registration server is connected to the user terminal by the predetermined user terminal. A work list registration step of registering a work list of the transmitted work data, and a work list publication step of opening the work list to another user terminal that requests viewing of the registered work list A work data exchange mediation method for mediating the exchange of work data between users based on the published information, wherein the work registration step is followed by the work registration Whether the copyrighted work in the registered work list is in the copyrighted work management server having a copyright management database and owned by a predetermined organization whose copyright is managed by the server. A copyright inquiring step for inquiring, wherein the copyrighted work publishing step includes, when receiving, from the copyrighted work management server, a result of inquiring that the copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list is copyrighted, to the other user terminal. A copyrighted work data exchange mediating method characterized by publishing access data to the copyrighted work data in a hidden state. 9. A work registration server connected to a user terminal of a user having predetermined work data via a network, wherein the work registration server transmits the work transmitted from the predetermined user terminal. A work list registration process for registering a work list of product data; and a work management server connected via the network and owned by a predetermined organization that manages copyrights and having a copyright management database. A copyright inquiring process for inquiring whether or not the copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list registered in the registration server is obtained, and a case where the inquiry result indicating that the copyrighted work is copyrighted is received from the copyrighted work management server. A work list that exposes the work list by exposing access data to the work data of the work to another user terminal that requests browsing of the work list; It controls the operation of the work registration server to execute the opening processing, and
Thus, a copyrighted work data exchange mediation program that mediates the exchange of copyrighted work data between users. 10. A work registration server connected via a network to a user terminal of a user having predetermined work data, wherein the work registration server transmits the work transmitted from the predetermined user terminal. A work list registration process for registering a work list of product data; and a work management server connected via the network and owned by a predetermined organization that manages copyrights and having a copyright management database. A copyright inquiring process for inquiring whether or not the copyrighted work in the copyrighted work list registered in the registration server has been obtained, and a case where the inquiry result indicating that the copyrighted work is copyrighted is received from the copyrighted work management server. A work list that publishes the work list by exposing access data to the work data of the work to another user terminal that requests browsing of the work list. Controls the operation of the work registration server to execute a public process, the,
Thus, a storage medium storing a program for mediating work data exchange for mediating exchange of work data between users.